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Ok I have to admit,
I have been trying to get my house under control since we moved in (6 years
ago). Don’t judge me, I have always had the mindset that I needed to keep stuff
because I never know when I might need it again. Recently I have begun to adopt
the mindset that I need to clean house and simplify in order to make room for
my blessings. I was on a roll until I had to clean out my work office. My plan
was to clean and organize the garage to make room for the stuff that I have to
move out, but it has been so dang ole hot (we topped 115 in early July) that I
have been unable todo as planned. So my quick fix was to go to store and buy a
bunch of containers to stack in the garage until we move into a bigger house. I
am even considering, really considering getting a “She Shed,” so that I can
corral my workspace and actually get stuff out of the house and garage.

Well I am happy to
report that I am taking baby steps, but steps indeed. When I was packing and
moving out of my work office, I made the decision to leave behind things I
absolutely did not need. A microwave, toaster, Keurig, mini fridge and a few
fixtures would be a blessing for the next occupant. It felt so good to let go
of the stuff. Of course when I excitedly told my hubby, he was like we could
have used that stuff for the yard sale. He is totally an enabler. Believe me,
we have enough stuff in that garage to hold numerous garage sales.

Things I have
accomplished:

Organized my closet
and put away all the clean laundry I had

Began degreasing the
stove

Sorted through my
books and pulled out ones that I could donate- even had my daughter go drop
them off at goodwill

Deep cleaned the
living room, although you would never know it looking at the mess right now

Set up an area in a
corner for me to film videos

And…..

That’s about it

Now here are things
I want to accomplish:

Re-clean living room
- move containers to garage

Purge and organize
my kitchen cubards- wipe them down as well

Finish degreasing
the stovetop

Purge, organize and
inventory the pantry

My Filming Area 😢

So I bet you are
wondering what my timeline is. Well lets just say, if all goes well and we have
the yard sale, then this will be done by the end of the week.

So I recently joined
a book club and for the month of July we are reading "Girl Wash Your
Face" by Rachel

Hollis. After I finished the first chapter, I an ah a
moment. Ok stay with me while I break this down. Those that know me understand
that I always have some type of project going on. It could be a craft project,
skin care classes or even selling insurance. Add to that, working a full time
job as an assistant principal of a high school and then being a
basketball/baseball/cheer mom. Sometimes I stress over what people may think of
me because I’m always changing things up. I have been asked over and over
again, “how do you handle all that stuff?” My response “I don’t know, I just do
it.” So it dawned on me that is not the truth, there is so much more to my
process. Ok back to my ah ha moment. I’m a teacher by trade and I truly
believe, just naturally. I was put on this earth to teach people things but
what? How about teaching people about me. Wait what? I can teach people how I
do the things I do and still breathe. I can teach them about my lifestyle. And
so this Lifestyle Blog was born.

So what exactly is a
lifestyle blog? I look at it like this… it’s a record of the things I do in my
life that I share with friends (and strangers) with the hope the lessons I
learn will help others and keep them from making the same mistakes. So welcome to
my blog, its so nice to meet you; virtually. Let’s begin by telling you who
they heck I am.

My name is Charne’
M. Tunson and I live in an amazing town in the valley of Los Angeles. I am
married to my college sweetheart- who says you don’t get anything out of
college- and have three amazing children. Well technically Chloe just turned 18
and is considered an adult, but believe me that girl is all child. Shanel is
the middle child and is 16 years old. And my son Shawn Christian is the
youngest. I call him My Mercedes because when he becomes a professional
athlete, he is going to buy his momma a Mercedes Benz but I digress. My hubby
Shawn Paul and I have been married for 18 years (come this August) and if you
have done the math you realize that Chloe was born before we were married. Now
don’t get me wrong, we didn’t get married because I had a child, we just sped
up the process. I will save that for another blog post. Let’s see what else do
you need to know about me. Oh yea I mentioned earlier that I was an assistant
principal at a high school. Last year made my sixth year as an assistant principal.
My first two years I was at a middle school and oh lord, I have tons to share
about that experience.

So now that I am at
crossroad in my life, I have decided that I will no longer do things just to
please other people, but I will do things to please me. This means that my blog
will be about all the different things that I enjoy, obsess over and are willing
to try. Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy this journey.